Name: Snakes on a Plane
Director: David R. Ellis
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Released: 2006
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Julianna Margulies, Nathan Phillips, Bobby Cannavale, Flex Alexander

Cast & crew

Directed byDavid R. Ellis ScreenplayJohn Heffernan, Sebastian Gutierrez Produced byCraig Berenson, Don Granger, Gary Levinsohn CinematographyAdam Greenberg Music byTrevor Rabin StarringSamuel L. Jackson, Julianna Margulies, Nathan Phillips, Bobby Cannavale, Flex Alexander, Todd Louiso, Sunny Mabrey, Kenan Thompson StudioNew Line Cinema

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Aug 18-20 1 $15.2M — 3,555 $4,277 $15.2M

2 Aug 25-27 7 $6.2M −59.4% 3,555 $1,735 $26.3M

3 Sep 1-3 15 $2.4M −60.3% 2,505 $977 $31.0M

4 Sep 8-10 19 $824.2K −66.3% 1,151 $716 $33.0M

5 Sep 15-17 31 $262.3K −68.2% 406 $646 $33.5M

6 Sep 22-24 38 $141.2K −46.1% 254 $556 $33.7M

7 Sep 29-Oct 1 46 $72.8K −48.5% 145 $502 $33.8M

8 Oct 6-8 49 $50.4K −30.8% 116 $434 $33.9M

9 Oct 13-15 59 $30.7K −39.0% 78 $394 $33.9M

10 Oct 20-22 59 $21.9K −28.8% 61 $358 $34.0M

11 Oct 27-29 66 $17.4K −20.2% 48 $363 $34.0M

12 Nov 3-5 69 $17.0K −2.5% 38 $448 $34.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Aug 18 #1 $6.4M — $6.4M 3,555 $1,800 1

Sat Aug 19 #2 $5.1M −20.3% $11.4M 3,555 $1,435 2

Sun Aug 20 #2 $3.8M −25.5% $15.2M 3,555 $1,069 3

Mon Aug 21 #1 $1.5M −60.7% $16.7M 3,555 $421 4

Tue Aug 22 #2 $1.4M −7.7% $18.1M 3,555 $388 5

Wed Aug 23 #2 $1.2M −15.6% $19.3M 3,555 $328 6

Thu Aug 24 #3 $1.1M −9.0% $20.2M 3,555 $298 7

Fri Aug 25 #8 $1.8M +69.8% −71.9% $22.0M 3,555 $506 8

Sat Aug 26 #7 $2.5M +38.9% −51.0% $24.5M 3,555 $703 9

Sun Aug 27 #7 $1.8M −28.0% −52.6% $26.3M 3,555 $506 10

Mon Aug 28 #9 $595.0K −66.9% −60.2% $26.9M 3,555 $167 11

Tue Aug 29 #8 $620.0K +4.2% −55.1% $27.6M 3,555 $174 12

Wed Aug 30 #7 $540.0K −12.9% −53.6% $28.1M 3,555 $152 13

Thu Aug 31 #7 $490.0K −9.3% −53.8% $28.6M 3,555 $138 14

Mon Sep 4 #16 $579.3K — −2.6% $31.6M 2,505 $231 18

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$31.6M

Aug 18Aug 22Aug 25Aug 29Sep 4

Weekend grossWk 10 · $21.9K

$15.2M

$6.2M

$2.4M

$824.2K

$262.3K

$141.2K

$72.8K

$50.4K

$30.7K

$21.9K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,555 → 2,505 −29.5%

3,555 open2,505 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −28.8%

−59.4%

W1→2

−60.3%

W2→3

−66.3%

W3→4

−68.2%

W4→5

−46.1%

W5→6

−48.5%

W6→7

−30.8%

W7→8

−39.0%

W8→9

−28.8%

W9→10

Steepest −68.2%Best hold −28.8%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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